Before I tell you about my Spring lineup, I thought I’d take one more look back at my LA Art Show installation in January. UNO’s Beach Party was seen by over 70,000 people during the run of the fair. It was tons of fun but also exhausting, so now that I’ve caught my breath, please join me at these upcoming shows…

Icehouse Gallery
429 W. Jackson St,
Phoenix, AZ
April 7 – 21
For my first Phoenix show in over a year, I’m thrilled to be back in town at this beautiful gallery alongside three top artists.
First Fri Reception
April 7 • 6 – 10pm
Third Fri Reception
April 21 • 6 – 10pm
Refreshments will be servedNo RSVP Required
Also open Mon-Fri • 9am – 5pm

An evening of Art & Design
Scottsdale Quarter
15059 N. Scottsdale Rd. Suite 180
Scottsdale, AZ
Sat, May 6 • 6pm
I will be showing my Kindred Spirits portrait series along with my homage to design “What Was Is.” DWR will be auctioning off an Eames chair customized with my original art and proceeds benefit Free Arts of Arizona.
Refreshments will be served and music will be provided.
This will be a really fun evening at the uber-stylish DWR Showroom. Please RSVPscottsdaleassistants@dwr.com

Many thanks to Mat Gleason for the May 1 interview on his Modern Art Blitz show. The show was streamed live and is now in the Dromebox archives in case you didn’t catch it. Also available on YouTube, it’s continuing to get lots of hits.

And thanks also to So Scottsdale magazine and to Nicole Royse for featuring me in the “Scottsdale Now” section of their June issue, available in print and online!

It could go to my head being referred to as “Original Hepcat and Artist-Entrepreneur.” What a great spotlight spread from Phoenix Magazine! Marilyn Hawkes, writer, did a masterful job of summing up my life in five paragraphs and photographer Michael Woodall (pictured here with assistant Natasha Mishana) got such a fantastic close-up of me and my work!

Many thanks to Managing Editor Niki D’Andrea and the crew at Phoenix Magazine for consistently turning out one of the most relevant city magazines in publication.

Imagine you could travel the world, stopping wherever you wish to meet your favorite artists and to visit with them in their studios, spending a day or two watching them at work.

For Norbert Guthier of Germany, this is not a dream but a reality that he has been living for the last several years. Not only has Guthier been visiting artists throughout the Americas, he has created a book, Co_Works, that combines photographs by Guthier with original artwork from the artists inspired by these photos.

Living the ultimate curator’s dream, Guthier is now working on a series of shows featuring these Co_Works with the premier American showing at Tieken Gallery opening February 27, 2016.

The opening reception on February 27 will be by RSVP. An event page will be posted on the Facebook Tieken Gallery page in mid February so please sign up early. We are expecting a full-to-capacity opening and you must be on the guest list to attend this event.

First Friday in February, I’ll be back in Phoenix with friend and fellow artist Michael Flechtner to light up the walls of Chartreuse Contemporary Art Space on historic Grand Avenue with our show entitled Pigment & Power. I’ve been working around the clock to finish a collection of new works for this show. Like myself, Michael, who lives in Los Angeles, uses language and pop imagery to reflect contemporary culture, but he uses 3-dimensional neon instead of paint. It’s going to be a great show! Many thanks to Nancy Hill and Mike Oleskow of Chartreuse who have given me some of my most memorable shows over the years.

We have set the date for the Grand Opening of TIEKEN GALLERY for Saturday, November 7, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm. Our premier show will feature over 40 artists who help to shape and define the Arizona Art Scene. The Grand Opening event is by invitation only so please let us know if you would like to attend but do not receive your invitation soon. You must be on the RSVP list to be admitted to the show on opening night.

A closing reception will be held from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday, November 27 and will be open to the public with no RSVP required. Please call the gallery directly at 480-315-0482 for a private showing. All artwork will be offered for sale with 10% of proceeds donated to Free Arts of Arizona.

Selected Works

Selected Works by Fred Tieken is now available! This 96-page, hardbound, full color edition contains brilliant reproductions of 45 of the artist’s most popular Neo-Expressionist works, many of which now reside in private collections.

Available at Tieken Gallery AZ and Tieken Gallery LA or contact Fred to order your copy. Price $70.

Fred’s Story

The True Story of a Somewhat Unconventional American Life

For more than five decades, Fred Tieken’s life has been filled with music, art and design.